The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to EthnographyThis edition of an introductory text opens with a chapter that brings ethnography up-to-date and aims it toward the next century. At a time when numerous disciplines, organizations, and communities are discovering ethnography, Agar shows how the fundamentals endure. |
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Page 108
... observation fed informal interviews in two ways . First of all , it suggested something to ask during the ceremony ... observing . Sometimes informants would motion me to be quiet , or give a curt answer and turn away . But there is ...
... observation fed informal interviews in two ways . First of all , it suggested something to ask during the ceremony ... observing . Sometimes informants would motion me to be quiet , or give a curt answer and turn away . But there is ...
Page 109
... observation in the streets corrected the account I received in the hospital . To pursue an understanding of the event , I now needed to talk with more informants , observe some more , and so on through the dialectic until I felt I could ...
... observation in the streets corrected the account I received in the hospital . To pursue an understanding of the event , I now needed to talk with more informants , observe some more , and so on through the dialectic until I felt I could ...
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... observation with , 155 Horowitz , Irving L. , 55n , 57 n . 16 Humanities , and fieldwork training , 14 Human Organization , methodological com- mitment of , 12 Human Relations Area File ( HRAF ) , 107 , 199 cross - cultural coding of ...
... observation with , 155 Horowitz , Irving L. , 55n , 57 n . 16 Humanities , and fieldwork training , 14 Human Organization , methodological com- mitment of , 12 Human Relations Area File ( HRAF ) , 107 , 199 cross - cultural coding of ...
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The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar No preview available - 1996 |
The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar No preview available - 1996 |
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